Overused: “24/7”
Anything that involves the word “paradigm” or “metrics”
“If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”
[ul][li]State of the art[/li][li]Guaranteed or your money back.[/li][li]I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.[/li][li]Operators are standing by.[/li][li]Act now and receive as our free gift to you…[/li][li]No salesmen will come to your door.[/li][li]I never had sex with that woman.[/li][li]Some assembly required. Batteries not included.[/li][li]Remember the Alamo![/li][li]Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do (and if you do, don’t name it after me).[/li][li]Have a nice day! (AK!)[/ul][/li]
StoryTyler
I am too in shape! :::muttering::: Round is a shape.
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“D’Oh!”
“Gettin’ jiggy with it”
Right on.
Cool.
You got that right.
Don’t leave home without it.
“What’s the frequency, Kenneth?”
Damn. Over ten years later and I STILL love sayin’ that.
Uke
Fifty-four forty or fight!
Tippicanoe and Tyler Too!
Ma, Ma, Where’s My Pa? Gone to the White House, Ha Ha Ha
A man, a plan, a canal – Panama!
Pericardis alive or Raisuli dead!
Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute
Oh, did you mean the twentieth century?
My least favorite thing to hear personally was the famous mating cry of the North American liberal:
What do We Want?
(fill in the Blank)
When Do We Want It?
NOW
And no matter what was being demonstrated against, the chant turned into “human rights” within four or five repetions.
…but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
I vote for the phrase made famous by an underappreciated actor, Mr. T.
“I pity the fool!”
(rubes has another 80’s flashback)
“Drop the Chalupa”
I know, I know, I’m evil. But I thought it needed to be said.
“catch phrase”
keystream, this is for you.
http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000427.html
“Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I’m worried about the difference between wrong and fun.”
~P.J. O’Rourke~
C’mon…unless you were born in a test tube the most aggravating phrase of this or any other century is:
“When I was your age…”
JB
Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis
The -gate suffix
Designated _______, which was born with the introducton of designated hitters in baseball
New Math; still used today when numbers apparently don’t add up: “must be the new math”
New World Order
Kinder, gentler _______; along with the aforementioned “Read my lips”, the legacy of G.H.W. Bush lives on
Touch base with
Just say no, along with its derivatives such as “Just say Know” and “Just Say Whoa”
I want my _______, which was a slogan for Maypo long before anyone heard of MTV
_______ Michelle (MPSIMS catch phrase)
Most annoying phrase? Easy:
“This is a wake-up call for (blank)…”
** Cool.** Forty years old and still going strong.
The only phrase I can think of that might have lasted longer is "Got a light?"
What you guys said, and:
Well, excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!
That’s probably not a catch-phrase, is it?
Hey, I’m 40 years old and still going strong. Does that mean I’m “cool”?
Another distasteful one:
"________ suck(s)."
A card-carrying __________.
Guns don’t kill people…
I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.
Got milk?